After completing three assessments, I came to the resolution that my Interests Profiler corresponds with a career in veterinary medicine. After researching the assignment, my initial thoughts about what it took to become a veterinarian matched up with the requirements stated. Not only did my interest areas align with this profession, but so did my basic skills and values. These results support my choice to become a veterinarian.
Since the age of four, my mind was set on becoming a veterinarian. Twelve years later, this is still the goal. Little did I know that the journey to achieve this goal was not going to be easy. When I had decided to work towards becoming a veterinarian, I had pictured myself in the future helping animals just like Dr.
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But nonetheless, I answered said questions and actually learned a lot about myself. By being investigative, I will be able to diagnose and point out the problems that an animal may have. This will allow me to not only become an accomplished veterinarian, but it will also allow me to figure out the best possible way to treat an animal. This goes hand in hand with the qualifications needed in order to become a veterinarian due to the fact that veterinarians need to “... make assessments from required demonstrations and experiments… ”(“Essential Skills and …show more content…
Due to my father joining the military in Texas, I would qualify to continue my education at Texas A&M University and not be required to pay for it. I plan to transfer from Rockingham Community College to this university. This is the first step in my education plan leading up to becoming a veterinarian. After transferring, I will finish up my undergrad majoring in biology continue on to the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to major in animal sciences. During the eight years that I will study, I will participate in internships and apprenticeships under current veterinarians. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, I will take the Veterinary Technician National Exam in order to gain my license. After school I plan to continue under one of the veterinarians that I interned
Kelly Walton has her doctorate in veterinarian medicine and completed her studying of comparative medicine at Colorado State University. In her article, “Why I am a Laboratory Veterinarian”, Kelly expresses how her love of animals is the passion which drives her to work to improve the well-being of animals through her career. She speaks on the issue solely from her experience with no significant bias toward either side. The purpose of her argument is to dispel the doubts so many people have about laboratory veterinarians. It hopes to establish laboratory veterinarians as truly passionate about the proper care of their patients and how important they are in the field of animal research.
Trying to decide what career or job choice you want for your future is a tough decision to make. One day you might want to become a nurse, and the next day, you will want to become a veterinary technician. This is the situation that I went through in the past year, and all I can say is that going to school to become a veterinary technician was the best decision I have ever made regarding my future. I am excited and more ambitious toward my career than I ever have been, and I’m here to tell you why becoming a veterinary technician is an amazing choice to make!
I’m looking forward to extend my love for animals to help others with their animal medical needs. My career choice of becoming a Veterinary Technician is to promote good animal health. I want to work in a career which makes me fulfilled professionally and also where there is an opportunity for advancement. This profession will give me the opportunity to provide services to the community. I understand the deep feelings that pet owners have for their pets, therefore I want to do my best to provide good medical care for their pets and help
I interviewed Carmen Pearson, she used to work as a veterinary technician at the Veterinarian Office in Harrah off of 29th. She graduated college with her Bachelor 's degree from Oklahoma State University. She gave me such good advice on how to approach an animal, how much she got paid an hour, and also what she had to do on the job daily and even rarely. I asked mrs. Pearson what was the hardest part about being a Vet tech. She replied, “ Making the animals feel comfortable and safe was one of the toughest parts because all pets act different.
A typical day for a Veterinary Technician may involve collecting specimens, forming relationships with human and animal clients, physically restraining nervous pets to prevent injury, conducting lab tests, working directly alongside the vet during a surgical procedure, giving an animal its medication, and even working with exotic animals (IMBC, 2023). The perks of becoming a veterinary technician is you can either work solo or with other vets. Working with other vets is beneficial because you have other people to help restrain and hand you items you may need while working on an animal. The benefit of going solo is that you can go at your own pace and not have to worry about how others are doing and rely on them to help do your
I joined the National FFA Organization March of my sophomore year in 2015. I didn't really know what I was getting myself into, just that my teacher needed another participant for the Vet Science CDE. I agreed to come to practice and eventually compete at the state contest. This was the beginning of my FFA career. We won the state contest, and worked through the summer to head to National Convention that fall and finish with a gold-rating.
Career Paper I have always loved animals and working with them, but I would like to be able to help them when they are sick or injured. Although I love almost every animal, my goal would be to become an Equine Veterinarian. I have grown up loving horses as my mom would say, "When you were little you always wanted to be around horses, and when you couldn't be you were reading about them" (Rogers,D). My interest in becoming a Veterinarian really came full circle when I was asked to care for and bandage my neighbor's horse who had wounded her leg shortly before they planned to go on vacation in Mexico. It was my first real experience caring for a horse who had a serious injury, and watching her heal and being a part of that was eye opening.
One the important things that I learned was how much continuing education has t be done each year which shows the quality of experience we want our vets to have. With that I also learned how much the schooling cost and the annual wage of a vet and how that transfers covering to paying for you longer terms bills. It taught me to look not only what you want to do for a job, but also you want to do outside of it and the job allows for time to do the other things in life such as children, family time, and vacations. You need to look at all aspects of your life and truly make sure that is what you want to do for the longer because becoming a vet requires a lot of investment in time, education, and money. The interview allow me to see into the life and process of one person with lots of experience and knowledge.
As for verbal communication, a veterinary technician should be excellent both at speaking and listening. The job specifics include answering around a hundred of questions a day. Specifically, a veterinary technician should give numerous answers to clients, as well as give directions regarding pet care. As Robert Kehn, the author of “Veterinary Office Practices” points out, “clients will ask you the very questions that you have just finished explaining in your directions. Other times you may feel clients’ questions are irrelevant, unnecessary or a waste of precious time.
Ever since grade school, I was passionate about working in the field of medicine, and science. I enjoyed anatomy, medical spelling and terminology, and reading about the healthcare industry. Because of my passion for healthcare, I decided to to attend Health Sciences High. There, I was given the best opportunities, such as, medical internships and college health courses. My plans and goals had turned me into a mature young adult.
This relates to being an Equine dentist is because it deals with animals still and I can still make a difference in animals life and make sure they are comfortable. In this career you need to do things such as give animals shots, take
Having the opportunity to attend Colorado State University, a school that has one of the best veterinary programs, is dream come true in its self, one that has paved a path for me to follow for my long-term goals. Enrolling in vet school is one of the hardest studies, but being a veterinarian has many benefits that offer many impacts to the professional field. My hope is that I will leave a legacy to the veterinary field by running a practice that is successful and passionate about the care of animals. To leave an impact, many innovations will be created throughout my career as a veterinarian, and contribute to the success of the profession
I intend on being more than a dog and cat veterinarian; I desire to help those animals, along with others, such as those found on farms, in zoos, or even in wildlife sanctuaries. I also want to do more than just serve animals; I want to change the veterinary medicine field by creating new and more effective medicines and curing diseases and disorders that are uncured in today’s world. Once I become very successful and financially stable, I would like to help up and coming veterinarians like myself. I want to create my own non-profit organization dedicating to helping those ambitious and creative kids support their dreams financially, and obtain mentors and job shadowing opportunities to encourage them and properly prepare them for their future careers. By doing these things, I would change the lives of both animals and humans; animals, by making state of the art changes and discoveries, and humans, by supplementing their already solid passion in veterinary
Overtime my passion has shifted to multiple hobbies and studies, however, it has finally fallen in the right place. Based on my life experiences with family, I have decided I am most passionate about learning about the mind and behavior of not humans, but animals. I plan to receive a Doctorate in psychology, specializing in animal behavior. After DMACC I plan on attending Iowa State University to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. I have participated in a few volunteer activities, including
No one in my family is a veterinarian so no one will really influence me. To be honest, no one in my family thinks I will ever be good enough to be a veterinarian so I’m trying to prove them wrong. What do I really enjoy doing in, with my spare time? I like to hang out with my friends, play video games, riding horses, playing with my animals and create art